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  • About Us
    • About Us
    • Mission Statement
    • Meet the Team
    • About WCSU Writing
    • Founding Members
  • Submit
    • Contest
    • Submission Guidelines
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  • Contest Winners
    • resolutions under a new moon, by Aisha Weththasingha
    • Paint of the Sea, by Milana Melnick
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  • Poetry,  Published Submissions

    Crabs in the Sand, by M.R. Bessac

    January 27, 2025 /

    Your mouth is a rabid dog. It sneers and titters, swishes sticky saliva. Starving. Snickering…

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  • Poetry,  Published Submissions

    Eclipse Occasion, by M.R. Bessac

    January 27, 2025 /

    Today, I will indulge in eye contact—Cavernous, sepia, soft (despite any hatred) I get jabbed into…

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  • Poetry,  Published Submissions

    The Loophole, by M.R. Bessac

    December 6, 2024 /

               After Ward’s Science, Dogfish Shark Dissection Guide A loophole, we…

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  • Poetry,  Published Submissions

    Pygmalion, Sculpting, by Shel Zhou

    October 22, 2024 /

    my hands are the rich earth of the riverbankbeneath the bridge leading to the park;they…

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  • Nonfiction,  Published Submissions

    How One Bookstore Owner Is Creating More Representation for Youth in the Community, by Rishab Subramanya

    October 15, 2024 /

    After seeing limited literature in his childhood that represented him, Adrian Cepeda aims to represent…

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  • Poetry,  Published Submissions

    Letter to American Restaurants, by Jaiden Geolingo

    September 19, 2024 /

    dear america,                   i had you in spoonfuls the other day             for forgiveness.…

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  • Poetry,  Published Submissions

    fleeting pleasures, by Jovina Zion

    September 12, 2024 /

    cobalt blossoms arch their square shoulders,rosy tints of gray shimmer in the golden sun. impulses…

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  • Poetry,  Published Submissions

    Party of One, by Sarah Parmet

    September 3, 2024 /

    cutting    offmy split ends withchildren’s scissors smearing    redwatercolor paintacross my lips tearing   …

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  • Poetry,  Published Submissions

    Swimming Pool Amnesia, by Sarah Parmet

    September 3, 2024 /

    when i fell six feet outof the air, i landed in the hotel swimming pool.…

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